I have turned to searXNG to self host a search engine, sure it scrapes from the google but I am not logged in. I use Unwatched to block youtube ads and tracking, I have a couple of pihole’s set up as my DNS servers to block ads and tracking. I am slowly moving away from Apple things so I am self hosting Home Assistant, if there is anything that sends data to the google they are slowly being removed. I have my “smart TV” turned to something somehow that makes it think it is a dumb TV, and it cannot talk to the outside world.
I sail the high seas for everything except CBC so I am not paying for US content, I use the *arr suite of apps like sonarr. I am vibe coding with, I am sad to say Claude, a replacement for google news to send me news on topics I am interested in. I have 2 domains at the moment both hosted on Canadian servers, one of which also has unlimited email addresses that I use so that ad trackers are not tracking me. My phone number got out somehow and I have not gotten around to wasting the scammers time to get me put back on the scammer black list, I know that is not a US problem but I am sure the Google gets information from them to.
I have turned to searXNG to self host a search engine, sure it scrapes from the google but I am not logged in. I use Unwatched to block youtube ads and tracking, I have a couple of pihole’s set up as my DNS servers to block ads and tracking. I am slowly moving away from Apple things so I am self hosting Home Assistant, if there is anything that sends data to the google they are slowly being removed. I have my “smart TV” turned to something somehow that makes it think it is a dumb TV, and it cannot talk to the outside world.
I sail the high seas for everything except CBC so I am not paying for US content, I use the *arr suite of apps like sonarr. I am vibe coding with, I am sad to say Claude, a replacement for google news to send me news on topics I am interested in. I have 2 domains at the moment both hosted on Canadian servers, one of which also has unlimited email addresses that I use so that ad trackers are not tracking me. My phone number got out somehow and I have not gotten around to wasting the scammers time to get me put back on the scammer black list, I know that is not a US problem but I am sure the Google gets information from them to.